Sharp County record., 1887-04-07
DIR. TALMAGE.
pillars of Smoke" the Subject OF
His Last Sermon
:. ,nd,cation of the Suffering and Perse-
-.,,,,, the Church of God Has Endured
"A symbol of Its Beauty ana
Ultimate Triumph

Ulcers from pnoo,.ryN N. Y, Feb 6.-Dr IallnaSe
road tls, ~ for his text this morning poruoh o
uen'ary ia he sixth verse of the third chapler u
5aon,s song: "Who is this that
eral Assem- 0o@Us ssfS Gst 9P Of the wilderness like pillars
irooa = smokep' He spoke as follows:
Io1u m Or Ia abitecture of the smoke is Won
n qUng ing b a,s yhether God with His finger curls
low in t into cloud, or rounds it into dome, or
ed shall y points it into spire, or spFeaas IL III
slatye a. or as in the text, HOSTS it into
'omplimert. slar Watch it winding up from inc
hereof Orc Country farmhouse in the early morning.
Iereo suc showing that the pastoral huusIIo' nov
n Whichb heoun or see it ascending from :he chlh-
Dy such eSs ~ the city, telling of the homes fed
Dr Inc tras E y+ories turning out valuable fabrics,
the nrnting presses preparing book and
VI ua1g snaner and all the ten thousand wheels
,,i!n ~IS sucn r,otion On clear day this yapor
icars sroa of mounts with such buoyancy, and
,ss Gu ssrrroods such a delicate vail across the
nsportatio skv. and traces such graceful lines OF
this act scircle and semi circle, and waves, ana
n ofense tosses and Sinks and scars anu sCaUVeI9
5000 Viii with such afauence of shape and color ana
law, broug suorestjyeness that if you have never
rosecutlg of;ced ir YOU are like man who has all
le otate h bs l,fe lived in Paris and yet never seen
'lroaa con fba Iuxembourg and all his life in Rome
y may m ana never seen the Vatican, and all his
fon sIy life at Ioclzport and never seen Niagara
+ tba a Forty-four times the Bible speaks OF the
uch action smoke and it is about TIME some pouS
the Sas preache3 sermon ecogni2lng TINS strange
suns re weird beautiful elastic charming, terrlnc
i'd into b and fascinating vapor. Across the blOle
such aC slrv oats the smoke of Sinai, the smoke Of
ted 10 gen seldom the smoke Of Al the smoke OF the
and in a1a nit the smoke of the volcanic hills when
Guuerea G God touches them, and in my text the 8lo-
0H rious church of God coming out oil the VIII
roodo,, derness like pillars OF smoke,
this asS In the first place these pillars OF smoke
i all cor- In nv text indicate the suffering the
" ownngg church of God has endured What 40
er own o. mean by the church! mean not a ouilu-
ton line ing not d sect but those who IN all ages
rtaton and all lands, and of all beliefs love God
ersonsGp and are irving to do right For many
centuries the heavens have been black
'slave a with the smoke of nartyrdom. II set side
SuaH aS by side YOU could grdle the earth with the
'rotSaI = tUmpl fires of persecution Rowland Taylor
20 oro. I burned at Hadlegh; Latmcr burned at
rtaton ~ Oxford; John Rogers burned at Smth1eld
ny such ! John Hooper burned at Gloucester; John
r a sum 4 Huss burned at Constance; Lawrence
OtherpeN Saunders burned at coventry; Joan ol Arc
h lines A. burned at ROuen
r comph1 Protestants have sometimes pointed to
case whr Catholics as prosecutors, but both Protest
, ucn AsI ant and Catholic have practiced infamous
suLg crueltes The Catholics, during tine reign
L s of Hupncric were by Protestants put to
f s the worst tortures stripped Of their cloth
in in am ing, hoisted in the air by pulleys with
e trayest weights suspended from their feet; then
letdown. an ears and eyes, nose and tongue
effect and were amputated and redhot plates OF iron
&c. were pUt against the tenuereSt part9 ol
JsTRy Ca catboIicsm % as we'll as Professionalism had
its martyrs. 1t does seem as If when any
with ofI INV vio ~ ~ 60, 20 Ftia orI crnnItv
took possession of that sect. Then see the
Do c,o. Catholics after the Huguenots. See the
kansas oonleo a. 'o fra ,ighta1 at the
o1'.gl I. bottom Of the pit, and one hundred and
II hN'N sixty Jewish victims were consumed. See
ii.U' % the PRESBYTERIAN parli lment of England,
wa ~ more tyrannical in their treatment OF op
Ue lN Moments than had been the criminal
u u il''V courts; persecution against the Bap-
lnl9 B val lists by Pedo-Baptists; persecution
'raue a OF the Established Church against
,otton the Methodist Church; persecution
lheXhal against the Quakers; persecution against
estlmat the Presbyterans Under Emperor Dio-
ngor cletian 1AO0O Christians were massacred
carreS' and 1909 more Of them died from Danish
annun ment and exposure. Witness the suiferings
lghteell of the WalIensos, of the Albigenses of
'rlcs aH the HISTORIANS; witness St BarthOlomeW's
railra massacre; witness the Duke of Alva
C, red driving out of life 5000 Christians; wit
g Count ness Herod, and Nero and Decius, and
rom M Montrort and Lord Claverhouse, who,
NOrthaz when told that he must give account
for his cruelties, said: II have no need to
aluabs account to man, and as for God, will take
j. S az Him in my own hands"
,Wn on A red line runs through the church his
n samE tory of nineteen hundred years-a line Of
uarryT blood. Not by the hundreds of thousands,
Little but by the millions must we count those
IN wen slain for Chrsts sake No wonder John
c1ota tho of he m
olOr immortal tune, writing:
twelve "Avenge, o Lord, Thy slaughtered saints,
,e Of whose bones
q sam Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold"
, sur Has persecution ceasedl Ask that man,
ne Man who is trying to be Christian, in store
mil oF or Factory, where from morning to night
, Rock he is the butt of all the mean witticisms Of
ob@ unbelieViug employees. Ask that wife,
rour pp whose husband makes her fondness for the
: ouar house Of God and even her ineeling prayer
h Card by the bedside derision, and is no more
c saws fit for her holy companionship than filthy
,te II crow would be fit companion for robin
,ablyr or golden oriole. Compromise with the
g Ib world and surrender to its conventionali-
nh Of ties and it may let you alone, but all who
n and will live Cody in Jesus Christ must suffer
md Uf persecution. Be theater-going, card
, topJ playing, wjne-drinking round-dancing
christian, and you may escape criticism
b,oN and social pressure; but be an up-and-
aDl6 -. -. - f.l1..uo.
operb I anu f & as be
cleaV nv molIuins "Lii "IiiN W "oi
ampi spe"h' youl naiue, anu yEu WI ~ pS
y &A"lAy uoSSoi0l anu oluOp0u Wy oi'0'0 NV
.4 worthy to black your Oldest shoes.
with When the bridge at Ashtabua broke and
rht N, let down most of the carload of passengers
hIo 70 instant death Mr.. P. P. Bliss was
'N seated on one side of the aisle Of the car
! writing down Christian song which he
car was composing, and on the other side
living VI inon molo playinS oa,us o. nfo,
lave p,a'1 u iI utofuiy Ivy ~ouiu SGu
80 49, If OF the card-playersi
,eam A great complaint comes from the the